Peleg Coffin Jr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Serving with Shearjashub Bourne (General ticket) | |
| Preceded by | Elbridge Gerry |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Lyman |
| Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1797–1801 | |
| Governor | Increase Sumner Moses Gill Governor's Council Caleb Strong |
| Preceded by | Thomas Davis |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Jackson |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1795-1796[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1790[1]–1792[1] | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Coffin[1] |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket District | |
| In office 1785[1]–1786[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Nantucket District | |
| In office 1783[1] – 1784[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
| In office 1789 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1756-11-03)November 3, 1756 |
| Died | March 6, 1805(1805-03-06) (aged 48) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Peleg Coffin Jr. (November 3, 1756 – March 6, 1805) was an American financier, insurer, and politician fromNantucket andBoston,Massachusetts.
Coffin was born inNantucket in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay to a whaling family; his parents were Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin. Coffin's father was lost at sea a month after he was born. This early background led him to found and head the New England Marine Insurance Company.
Coffin served in theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1783–1784, and in 1789, and in theMassachusetts Senate from 1785 to 1787, 1789 to 1792, and 1795 to 1796.[1] He was elected to representMassachusetts in theUnited States House of Representatives in the3rd United States Congress from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1795, representing the 3rd district; he previously was an unsuccessful candidate for the6th district in 1791.[2] Coffin was theTreasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1797 to 1801.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 3rd congressional district (alongsideShearjashub Bourne on aGeneral ticket) March 4, 1793–March 3, 1795 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Thomas Davis | Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts 1797–1801 | Succeeded by |
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